The Institute of Natural Resources (INR) is the facilitating NGO for Prolinnova-South Africa, which aims to build and strengthen partnerships between the various stakeholders involved in agricultural research and development in South Africa. The platform in South Africa was launched in 2004. Projects that have been undertaken by Prolinnova-South Africa have included: Farmer Access to …
Prolinnova-SA participated in the virtual Africa Partners Workshop that took place in October 2020 – see the screen shot! AttachmentSize opening_session.jpg152.18 KB
Prolinnova SA participated in the Global Innovation Fair that was held in February 2021 – a first of its kind!! The event was organised by Prolinnova and A Growing Culture (AGC). We presented an example of a social innovation from KwaZulu-Natal, which was described by community member Bab’Duma. Take a look at the session via this …
Participation in the Global Farmer Innovation Fair Read More »
2020 was a quiet year for Prolinnova South Africa, and also a stressful one for everyone, with the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Here is our overview of key activities for the year. AttachmentSize 2020_annual_report_contribution_200721.pdf118.44 KB
The Prolinnova-South Africa coordinator reports very briefly on activities related to promoting local innovation in the country and subregion in 2018, which included backstopping other Country Platforms (CPs) and coordinating multi-CP project-acquisition efforts. See the one-page report here.
The coordinator of Prolinnova-South Africa gives a brief report on activities in 2017, including representation of the Prolinnova partners in Eastern & Southern Africa in the AFAAS (African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services) meeting in Durban, South Africa. The one-page report can be found here.
On 4 November 2017, upon the invitation of Max Olupot (AFAAS), Brigid Letty (a member of Prolinnova-South Africa and a member of the Prolinnova taskforce for the Eastern and Southern Africa Sub-region) attended an event that was a joint initiative of GFRAS (Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services) and AFAAS (African Forum for Agricultural Advisory …
AFAAS/GFRAS event on Developing Local Extension Capacity, Durban, South Africa Read More »
Cases of joint experimentation – Outcomes and lessons learnt August 2015 to July 2016 A training programme, conducted in collaboration with the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), funded by Nuffic involved two workshops and a period of practical application of the principles covered in the workshops. The final report documents the cases of joint experimentation undertaken by …
TRAINING AND MENTORSHIP IN PARTICIPATORY INNOVATION DEVELOPMENT Read More »
A training programme, conducted in collaboration with KIT, has been funded by Nuffic and has involved two workshops and a period of practical application of the principles covered in the workshops. The training programme was requested by Mahlathini Development Foundation and was supported by Institute of Natural Resources NPC. PID Training Report Workshop PID Feedback Session …
The coordinator of Prolinnova-South Africa reports on some activities of Country Platform members during 2015, including a Nuffic-funded training in PID. PDF file; 294 KB
Looking back over the last 10 years: a review of Prolinnova-South Africa and its efforts to institutionalise participatory development approaches and an appreciation of local innovationBrigid Letty (March 2014) Introduction The review of Prolinnova-South Africa’s activities since its inception in 2004 has been an opportunity to reflect back on the range of activities that the …
